Dry Skin

In Chinese medicine, dryness is usually caused by two possible scenarios:

• A Heat pathogen (possibly previous illness) in the body dries out Blood and Fluids

• One or more of the nourishing elements (Blood, Fluids, Yin) are deficient

A closer look at the additional signs and symptoms in the body will clear up the picture quickly and decide if the focus should be on nourishing only or if additional cooling is needed.

On an organ-level, the skin is linked to the Lungs, so a tonification of the Lungs is always indicated.